Sega pulled the plug?

[Coarse]

I called EB and asked if they had this game for game cube and he said the sega pulled the plug on the online service and discontinued the game. I think that's bullshit though I have a feeling he mixed it up with the dreamcast version or something. Or did PSOGC really discontinue and shut down?

[PhatDiddy]

PSOGC is still up so yea that guy was bullshitin.
but i think they stopped makin the game, i havent seen it in the stores since i got it and that was a year ago.

[darthsaber9x9]

i am sick to fuckign death with EB/GAME/other game shope reps telling poeple wrong info. they think they know stuff and they usually make it up.

hey years ago befor v2 on dc was out, i went into game and asked "is/when is pso v2 comming out on dc?" they said "its not, its only gunna be out on ps2"

FUCKING IDIOTS

[Coarse]

yeah shit where the hell can I find this game!?!:(

[Coarse]

dont tell me im going to have to get it off ebay or something...rawr

[kevlar_pso]

Pulled the plug? No. I've seen it off and on over the past year @my Gamestop. There is a new copy or two there now. Still full price I might add!

[Coarse]

roar!!!!!!

[badbitz]

just wait for pso plus.
dont buy the old version.

[Coarse]

too bad i live in canada and dont have gamespot http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_frown.gif

[VioletSkye]

I was at GameStop yesterday reserving Sonic Heroes and they had a few copies of GC PSO also. And indeed they were full price. They also had 2 BBA's and 1 modem.

[Coarse]

On 2004-01-02 09:47, VioletSkye wrote:
I was at GameStop yesterday reserving Sonic Heroes and they had a few copies of GC PSO also. And indeed they were full price. They also had 2 BBA's and 1 modem.


you should have picked me up one!

[badbitz]

you should just wait for pso plus!
if you dont have the game yet it would be dumb to buy the old version then by pso plus after.
more money heh heh

[kevlar_pso]

OBTW, EB and Gamestop workers, almost never know what they are talkin about. Ask them where they work. Chances are they will still give you the wrong answer! LOL

[navci]

Stop by places like Toys R'us and Future Shop. They are bound to have a few copies left. But, like everyone else said, wait for PSO plus, if you can. http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif

[philip]

Haha wen me and my friend went to Game and asked them what online games would get realesded he sad. PSO and its only for PS2. lol

[dylcool]

Maybe this will explain EB's problem.
(It's about Software Etc., but they're all the same anyway)

http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2001-09-21

Anyway, like everyone else said, PSO is still supported on Gamecube. Sometimes the folks who work at those kind of stores don't know what they're doing, but they can't act clueless because it will look bad. So they tell you false information. Retail's a tough business.

[Outrider]

Jeez, I hate Gamestop so much. Software Etc and Funcoland were so much better before they turned into Gamestop.

[Coarse]

hmmm...ive called toys r us and futureshop and like 3 EBs and everyone is telling me it is discontinued...

[vegeta000110]

I'd have to agree with the link above. Nintendo is really getting the short end of the stick lately. In fact, 2 summers ago, my friend went to EB Games near me and asked if they had Medabots AX. The clerk replied "We aren't dealing with anymore new GBA games." LOL. Went back this summer, they still had new GBA games. LOL.

[SunScar]

That's funny, my EB still have PSO for Gamecube and ps2. But I haven't seen them anywhere else. But I find games are usually cheaper at Slackers. If you can find what your looking for.

[TerraStriker]

That is impossible because PSO was not on PS2 and NEVER will be...So they can't have it on PS2....


On another note every gameshop I been too in Maryland has PSO...In fact when I went to get my Hunter: The Reckoning 3 people in line were buying it...

[PhatDiddy]

i was just at gamestop today and they still got copies left, even after a year of PSO being released they still got it.

[dylcool]

I think what they mean by discontinued is that they are no longer producing/creating more copies, not that they aren't supporting the online capabilities. A lot of games get "discontinued" in this sense after about a year or so (or sooner, I don't really know all that much about it).
Never fear, PSO is alive and well.

[DarK-SuN]

Indeed they discontinued PSOep1&2 but that's because they are about to release PSOplus, just wait a little while longer and you'll have PSO again in the form of PSOplus.

[Outrider]

Hmm... I think I'm going to call one of these retailers. When they tell me that it's discontinued I'll just tell them, "No, it isn't." Wonder what'll happen.

Heh. Anybody else like watching the clerks eyes bulge out in panic when you know more about the product than they do? I love doing that in the video game section at Toys R' Us.

[Rakvnortmus]

My brother got his off E-bay, I got mine at EB games. You just have to look for it. I found the modem connection cable at Wall-Mart. So there is still hope.

[Link00seven]

Don't worry, PSO is still up.

I know what you mean by idiots in game stores, half the time I step in to correct the customer.

I should work in a game store when im older LoL

[Coarse]

I just ordered mine off ebgames.com
Should be here in a day or two.

It's funny how their site has it but none of their stores do.

[shinto_kuji]

pso episode I&II for the gc was actually discontinued awhile back (at least to my knowledge), before pso plus was ever even announced. i remember back in like january of '03 trying to find it. it was a bitch to track down... even if a game has stopped having copies manufactured, there will still be copies of the game floating around. and yes, i've had clerks tell me bs many a time. you don't know it's bad until you have someone tell you pso is only for the nintendo 64... -.-;

[Coarse]

On 2004-01-02 22:09, shinto_kuji wrote:
pso episode I&II for the gc was actually discontinued awhile back (at least to my knowledge), before pso plus was ever even announced. i remember back in like january of '03 trying to find it. it was a bitch to track down... even if a game has stopped having copies manufactured, there will still be copies of the game floating around. and yes, i've had clerks tell me bs many a time. you don't know it's bad until you have someone tell you pso is only for the nintendo 64... -.-;


lol, that would be a idiotic thing to say considering the title involves the word ONLINE and n64 does not have that aspect on the console

[Liquid_Bacon]

Coarse, I saw some at Future Shop. Only 59 bucks too! To you American people, that's a deal!

[Buuyon]

wow...people always have a hard time finding this game on this bored...in my town they get new shipments of PSO and broadband adapters so neither are discontinued...but dont say the workers dont know what they are talking about...there is this one chick at my gamespot that obsesses way to much over games...she knows EVERYTHING! you ask her anything about a game and she wont shut up for 10 days explaining it and thinks shes cool when doing so...my friend asked her about PSO and she went on and on...and was talking about the AR codes and how she thinks PSO will die because of them (wich isnt true seeing how pso is already dead...) and she was complaining about the buy weapon cheat (not out yet but expect it...)...then she screams out "88 meseta hello monkey king bar!" (then my friend says hi...) but god hearing her say that made it seam like people would actully buy it...or better yet dont even have BKBs...its kinda you hadda be there kinda thing but damn was it funny...

[Myopathy]

On 2004-01-02 23:32, Buuyon wrote:
wow...people always have a hard time finding this game on this bored...in my town they get new shipments of PSO and broadband adapters so neither are discontinued...but dont say the workers dont know what they are talking about...there is this one chick at my gamespot that obsesses way to much over games...she knows EVERYTHING! you ask her anything about a game and she wont shut up for 10 days explaining it and thinks shes cool when doing so...my friend asked her about PSO and she went on and on...and was talking about the AR codes and how she thinks PSO will die because of them (wich isnt true seeing how pso is already dead...) and she was complaining about the buy weapon cheat (not out yet but expect it...)...then she screams out "88 meseta hello monkey king bar!" (then my friend says hi...) but god hearing her say that made it seam like people would actully buy it...or better yet dont even have BKBs...its kinda you hadda be there kinda thing but damn was it funny...



You made send for the first 60% of your post. Then you just abruptly stopped making sense. Maybe if you used sentences that ended with a period...

[philip]

EB hade PSO stocked wen i checked and they sad they get new ex of them all the time.



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[Outrider]

The whole "PSO being discontinued" thing was at best a rumor on the internet.

[Coarse]

On 2004-01-02 22:50, Liquid_Bacon wrote:
Coarse, I saw some at Future Shop. Only 59 bucks too! To you American people, that's a deal!


Where in Canada are you?

[shinto_kuji]

On 2004-01-02 23:32, Buuyon wrote:
and was talking about the AR codes and how she thinks PSO will die because of them (wich isnt true seeing how pso is already dead...)



why do people always say pso is already dead? a game is "dead" when people no longer play it/log onto its servers and last time i checked this game was far from dead, especially with the recent jp release of ep3 and the impending release of it here in february.


The whole "PSO being discontinued" thing was at best a rumor on the internet.



i dont see how its an internet rumor. my search for it had nothing to do with the internet... the reason i was led to believe it was discontinued is that when i called about 20 different stores anywhere in my area they were all sold out of them and said they wouldn't be getting anymore copies of the game. i asked the clerks from a couple of different stores (ones who knew what they were talking about) and they both said that they called sega for more shipments, only to have sega tell them they weren't making new copies of the game anymore.


Coarse, I saw some at Future Shop. Only 59 bucks too! To you American people, that's a deal!



O.O thats over the full price for a game =P

[Butoden]

60 Bucks = indeed over the price http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/anime2.gif

It's funny how their site has it but none of their stores do. That's usually the case, if you really want it you can order it from their site and they order one for you. You can also ask someone in the shop to order it for you but you would probably have to get it once it arrived http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_evil.gif

[SpikeOtacon]

They're up in canada, so their money is different. If i'm correct, they saw it on sale for about US $35.
It took me forever to find PSO ep.1&2. I went to Best Buy, Circut City, Target(I needed some clothes, too.), and EB. While a friend of mine was out at Best Buy, he saw that they had ONE copy left, so he rushed to get it for me(Since he already had it) and got it just before two other people came into the section talking about getting it. Funny thing was, I was in Best Buy at the time, but was exchanging my cheap-ass CD player. Funny how things turned out, eh?
That was in December 2002.



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[Coarse]

ugh...i have to wait till like monday or tuesday for the game to arrive...some fingernail biting time for me

[Nai_Calus]

I was lucky. The WalMart Supercentre in Memphis where I was living at the time had several copies of the game, so I had no trouble getting it. Only thing I've ever had trouble finding was the Modem Adapter, and that only because I had to wait until November last year to get it, lol. I got PSO in... Marchish? Not that long ago. I bought my 'Cube at EBX, though, because they had Platinum and WalMart didn't. :razz: Got a memcard 251 at WalMart, too. Heh. Only thing on the 59 that held my HUmar at the time, though, was another HUmar belonging to my friend's brother, and he didn't use the character anymore. So I just gave him the 251 and kept the 59. *shrug* Not that starting a L35 over again would have been particularily painful, especially not twinked with a Rati and Hard-level stuff, but I was attached to my HUmar and I'd heard 59s were better for online anyway in case I someday got on.

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Only PSO I see these days, though, is Xbox. X_x;

[Coarse]

On 2004-01-03 17:44, Ian-KunX wrote:
I was lucky. The WalMart Supercentre in Memphis where I was living at the time had several copies of the game, so I had no trouble getting it. Only thing I've ever had trouble finding was the Modem Adapter, and that only because I had to wait until November last year to get it, lol. I got PSO in... Marchish? Not that long ago. I bought my 'Cube at EBX, though, because they had Platinum and WalMart didn't. http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif Got a memcard 251 at WalMart, too. Heh. Only thing on the 59 that held my HUmar at the time, though, was another HUmar belonging to my friend's brother, and he didn't use the character anymore. So I just gave him the 251 and kept the 59. *shrug* Not that starting a L35 over again would have been particularily painful, especially not twinked with a Rati and Hard-level stuff, but I was attached to my HUmar and I'd heard 59s were better for online anyway in case I someday got on.

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Only PSO I see these days, though, is Xbox. X_x;



Why thank you....for reading the forum community your life story! http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_wink.gif

[Outrider]

I dunno about you guys, but near every video game clerk within an hour of me either runs off what their boss babbles to them or what's stated on the internet. I find it very unlikely that half of those people actually called Sega themselves. It's also quite likely that if it were a Gamestop or EB, they were told to not push the game. Bleh, I know, but they do that all the time. They'll tell you they don't have a game in order to push their new releases. (Especially if you want to pre-order them!) PSO doesn't seem a likely candidate for hiding, but anything's possible.

[Buuyon]

On 2004-01-03 04:19, shinto_kuji wrote:


why do people always say pso is already dead? a game is "dead" when people no longer play it/log onto its servers and last time i checked this game was far from dead, especially with the recent jp release of ep3 and the impending release of it here in february.


its dead from having no value in anything...trading means nothing...rare hunting means nothing...theres barly anypoint in playing! when every one looks the same and uses the same equipment...thats dead...

[Myopathy]

On 2004-01-04 18:48, Buuyon wrote:

On 2004-01-03 04:19, shinto_kuji wrote:


why do people always say pso is already dead? a game is "dead" when people no longer play it/log onto its servers and last time i checked this game was far from dead, especially with the recent jp release of ep3 and the impending release of it here in february.


its dead from having no value in anything...trading means nothing...rare hunting means nothing...theres barly anypoint in playing! when every one looks the same and uses the same equipment...thats dead...



Ever try playing on a JP ship? I think I've seen more new rares in the couple days I've played there than I have since I first came online. The fact of the matter is that just because all those things means nothing on Vega-1, doesn't mean that's the case everywhere else. Also if you say rare-hunting means nothing, then I guess all those threads abuot how to find this and that are...fake?



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[Coxy]

On 2004-01-02 10:36, kevlar_pso wrote:
OBTW, EB and Gamestop workers, almost never know what they are talkin about. Ask them where they work. Chances are they will still give you the wrong answer! LOL




*cough* I used to work in EB [now it's a game store]

In my experience half of the people they employ are slightly stupid though and either need help getting dressed, or wouldnt know the difference between a console and their own arse



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[Para]

I dunno about you but the guys at my local EB store seem to love PSO.

One time I asked them if they still have anymore GC PSO, they were like "Sold out man... *leans over the counter* I NEED THAT GAME MAN.... ITS SO GOOOODDD!!!" LOL.

[HUnewearl_Meira]

On 2004-01-02 18:42, Outrider wrote:
Heh. Anybody else like watching the clerks eyes bulge out in panic when you know more about the product than they do? I love doing that in the video game section at Toys R' Us.



lmao... I do love doing that... When I bought PSO for the GameCube at a local Funcoland, the clerk was like, "You know, you could just wait a few months and get it for the PS2." To this I replied, "Um, no I can't. Maybe if it were COMING to the PS2. Maybe if I HAD a PS2, I would consider it. Except I don't have a PS2, and PSO isn't coming to it anyway. You COULD have it confused with the Sega ageS remakes of PS1, 2 and 4, which ARE coming to the PS2, but at the moment, those are Japan only." This was the day PSO was released for the GameCube in the US. The guy was just, "Oh... All right..." Meanwhile, I'm thinking something along the lines of, "pwnd!" It was glorious.

The lesson? Games shops employees are more misinformed about upcoming releases than even Gaming mags. They're likely to be accurate about a game's release date within a week of it being released (hence, when their particular store has already ordered their copies), but beyond that, the further away the actual date is, the further off they're going to be. Thus, inevitably, because PSO for PS2 will never be made or released, guys at GameStop franchises will always tell you something in between, "Next month" or "Next year". Unless they've been properly corrected. But even then, they may get corrupted again...


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[Outrider]

But I shouldn't knock all game clerks. After all, the local Software Etc. made copies of Link's sword and shield for when Wind Waker was released.

However, I have had to correct clerks on more than one instance. Meh... for them it's just a job. For me, it's my life. http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif

[metermore]

i got an idea lets all open an online game store in our free time! http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_yes.gif



after i get out of school....

[Coarse]

Why would they get rid of PSO anyway? Isn't it like the top seller for this damn system?...

[Coarse]

my package is in mississauga right now http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_smile.gif

jsut thought id let everyone know that

[Outrider]

On 2004-01-07 06:16, Coarse wrote:
my package is in mississauga right now http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_smile.gif

jsut thought id let everyone know that



Where?

[ILLI]

missi = mississippi?
agua= water?

your package is in the Mississippi River???? lol

http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif

[Coarse]

its a city in ontario near toronto near me http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_smile.gif

[Tekkaman]

I live in Canada too, as a matter of fact I live in Oakville, right near Missasauga. Anyway, thats off topic. I picked up my copy of PSO at an EB about 3 months ago. It was used but they still had it, and then I also saw it in Futureshop like a week later new at full price. Weird.

[Coarse]

WTF the game was in mississauga which is like an hour from my house at like 12pm today and they were delivering till 5pm and it didnt even fucking get to me ....... 5 HOURS CMON FEDEX........RRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHH now i have to wait untill tomorrow